Where does “inoqat” come from?

inoqat (Greenlandic) comes from Greenlandic Inuk, from Greenlandic inuk, from Proto-Inuit inuɣ, from Proto-Eskimo-Aleut *iŋuɣ.

inoqat (Greenlandic): fellow human

Definitions

  1. fellow human

Ancestry of “inoqat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GreenlandicInukperson
2Greenlandicinukperson
3Proto-Inuitinuɣman, person
4Proto-Eskimo-Aleut*iŋuɣ—
Every word from Proto-Eskimo-Aleut *iŋuɣ →Every word from Proto-Inuit inuɣ →Every word from Greenlandic inuk →
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